IT Welcome to Derry Episode 6 Drops a Shocking Pennywise Twist

Did the Show Just Hint That Pennywise Is Ingrid’s Father?

Okay horror fans, Episode 6 of IT: Welcome to Derry just shook the internet, and we are absolutely NOT okay. Right before the finale, the show drops a jaw-dropping twist that could completely change everything we thought we knew about Pennywise… and Ingrid.

Hay familiares raros, pero Pennywise como padre, Ingrid te llevas el premio ???? pic.twitter.com/H39wx7Bcjj

— HBO Max Latinoamérica (@StreamMaxLA) December 1, 2025

The episode opens with Lilly drifting away from her friends after a terrifying vision convinces her that the mysterious meteor shard might actually be Pennywise’s weakness. And when she sees the clown recoil from it? She’s officially obsessed. But there’s one big problem — Ronnie doesn’t care about meteor magic. He only wants to clear his father’s name, and that clash tears a massive crack through the group.

While Will, Rich, and Marge try to pull the team back together for one more stand against Pennywise, Lilly makes a bold move. Convinced that Ingrid is the only adult who will believe her, she sneaks into Ingrid’s house — and what she finds in the attic is straight-up nightmare fuel.

Hidden away are old photos of Ingrid as a child with her father, Bob Gray. Except… he looks exactly like Pennywise. Same face. Same smile. Same terror. Boom — the episode’s most emotional reveal lands hard: Ingrid has spent decades believing Pennywise is actually her missing father.

The show suggests that the real Bob Gray was once a popular carnival clown… until the entity known as IT likely killed him and stole his identity. Ingrid, completely unaware of the truth, grew up believing her father abandoned her. Years of abuse, loneliness, and living as a white woman in love with a Black man in the 1960s only pushed her deeper into delusion. When she later encounters Pennywise, she convinces herself that her father is trapped inside the monster and can be saved.

That belief drives everything she does — even following Lilly’s group while dressed as “Periwinkle.” Ingrid truly thinks the kids are destined to free her father from IT. She even offers to lead Lilly into the sewers. But Lilly finally sees how unstable Ingrid is and turns her down. After a tense showdown where Lilly uses the meteor shard to escape, Ingrid heads alone into Pennywise’s lair, completely consumed by her tragic fantasy.

The backstory of IT disguising himself as Pennywise, Mrs. Kersh’s dad, is so interesting also him eating that girl and her still believing that’s her dad is CRAZY????#WelcomeToDerry #ITWelcomeToDerry pic.twitter.com/G190PGOhxH

— ǝllǝsᴉפ//????⏳ ???????? (@giselleb1234) December 1, 2025

Damn such a twist in the series, It was ingrid daughter of Pennywise the clown all along who scared the children#WelcomeToDerry #ITWelcomeToDerry pic.twitter.com/wmZsXAB4A5

— sanmeyo (@oyemnassxo) December 1, 2025

And just when you think the episode can’t get darker — the Hank subplot explodes. He’s framed for the murders of three kids and secretly hidden in an abandoned army outpost by Charlotte and Ingrid. But when the desperate deputy mayor fires Clint to save his own image, everything spirals. Clint gets an anonymous tip about Hank’s location… and instead of calling for legal arrest, he unleashes an angry mob.

The final act is chilling. Fueled by racism, fear, and blind rage, the townspeople storm the outpost, ready to kill Hank — and anyone who stands with him. The episode ends on a terrifying note as the mob closes in on Ingrid, Hank, and the Losers Club.

Welcome To Derry | 1935 flashback.
Ps the women is Ingrid kersh- daughter of Pennywise pic.twitter.com/QCL6Cacdtq

— TheWorldOfPennywise (@PennywiseFan111) November 30, 2025

And here’s the real twist: the episode makes it clear that Pennywise isn’t even the biggest monster in Derry. The real horror is the town itself — its violence, scapegoating, mob mentality, and deep social decay. Pennywise feeds on all of it. And before entering hibernation, he needs one final massive act of bloodshed… which Derry is now dangerously close to delivering.

As the finale approaches, one thing is crystal clear:
Welcome to Derry is about to go completely off the rails — and we’re not ready.